The Romantic Novelists’ Association sure knows how to throw a party. I was thrilled when my invitation to the RNA’s RoNA annual awards drop...

“Car boot sale...16 years of junk gone and £150 better off...result!” Those were the words of my friend Jennie on Facebook last night. Her ...

The last time I went to a proper rock concert was years ago, when I saw Elton John take the Winter Gardens at Bournemouth by storm. The au...

From Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence to Michael Wright’s J’aime la Folie , I love books about people who’ve thrown up their safe lives in ...

Whenever I worry about my whirlwind decision to buy the House With No Name, my run-down farmhouse in the south of France, I quickly turn to ...

Most weeks I don’t give House With No Name a second thought. Friends are keeping an eye on it for us and I’m pretty sure the cheeky dormous...